Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Search Results

SDS Educational Packet: The Struggle Against Racism in America SDS Educational Packet: The Struggle Against Racism in America
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Excerpts from Black Reconstruction by WEB DuBois
New Left Notes New Left Notes
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyVolume Number: Vol. 4-9 Special IssueFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
International Womens Day Issue
A Double Sentence- AIDS in Prisons A Double Sentence- AIDS in Prisons
Call Number: JG/ 007Producers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
"A Double Sentence- AIDS in Prisons" California male prisoners with AIDS are sent to insufficient facility in Vacaville and totally removed from the rest of the prison population
David Stern program David Stern program
Call Number: JG/ 008Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
WRFD, Radio for David Stern. A lot of rough cuts of phone calls of support for David from the Gay and Left communities
Abortion issues Abortion issues
Call Number: JG/ 009Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Very short tape (less than 1 minute) about harassment of abortion service providers and regulation
Abortion issues Abortion issues
Call Number: JG/ 010Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Very short tape including footage of harassment of service providers
Banjo and Fiddle Music Banjo and Fiddle Music
Call Number: JG/ 011Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
fiddle and banjo tunes played by Kit Miller, Linda Danielson
Resistance Conspiracy Resistance Conspiracy
Call Number: JG/ 012Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Tim Blunk, Susan Rosenberg, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Laura Whitehorn, Alan Berkman on trial for capitol bombing in 1983, two military bases between 1983 and 1984.
The Case for Native American Sovereignty: Indian Treaty Conference The Case for Native American Sovereignty: Indian Treaty Conference
Call Number: JG/ 013Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
"The Case for Native American Sovereignty" produced by Laurie Simms, Steve Lieberman, Judy Gerber. A lot of footage from the 1976 2nd International Treaty Conference, contains many voices from different nations on sovereignty.
El Salvador FMLN El Salvador FMLN
Call Number: JG/ 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Paul Fitch, a Lutheran church worker who was exiled from El Salvador after setting up a refugee center in San Salvador during the Nov-Dec '89 FMLN offensive to help folks in the face of the governments indiscriminate counter attack.